Senior Project Engineer Electrical

Description

Are you an experienced Electrical Project Engineer ready to take the lead on complex engineering challenges in a highly regulated environment? This is an opportunity to shape essential decommissioning work at Dungeness and play a key role in delivering safe, practical, and forward looking engineering solutions.

As Senior Project Engineer (Electrical), you'll support a high priority programme focused on boiler and ancillary plant removal. You'll bring structure, energy, and technical depth to a busy schedule, working closely with engineers across multiple disciplines to keep delivery safe, efficient, and aligned with regulatory and design standards.

You'll be joining NRS at an exciting time as we continue our mission to safely manage the UK's civil nuclear legacy. Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (NRS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, responsible for decommissioning the UK's first generation nuclear power stations and research sites, as well as electricity generation at Maentwrog hydro plant.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you'll take ownership of engineering delivery across a major decommissioning workstream shaping early concepts, developing practical solutions, and guiding activities across the full project lifecycle. You'll be the link between design, construction/deconstruction, commissioning, and operations, ensuring everything is fit for purpose and meets safety, quality, and regulatory expectations.

You'll work with a wide range of stakeholders including system engineers, contractors, and internal specialists. Your judgment will help keep the project moving, whether you're managing design activities, reviewing technical documentation, or supporting construction and commissioning activities on site.

Key areas include:

Managing engineering input, from concept through to detailed design and technical specifications.

Acting as Nominated Responsible Engineer for plant modifications and overseeing technical assessments.

Providing technical supervision to ensure construction, deconstruction, and commissioning work matches design intent.

Supporting safe, compliant delivery by maintaining configuration control and contributing to continuous improvement.

Who are we looking for?

You'll be someone who enjoys problem solving, thrives in a regulated environment, and can balance technical depth with practical delivery. You'll be comfortable leading engineering decision making, steering multi discipline teams, and keeping work on track against challenging schedules. A collaborative style and clear communication will be key-you'll be working with people across the site, and your input will make a real difference to how effectively the project progresses.

To succeed, you'll need an HNC, Engineering Degree or equivalent NQF Level 5/6 qualification, along with strong project engineering experience in either nuclear or another highly regulated sector. You'll bring a solid understanding of engineering standards and risk based decision making, and ideally you'll also be familiar with CDM requirements, site licence conditions, and quality management systems.

We're particularly interested in people who can:

Bring significant experience in project engineering within complex or regulated environments.

Demonstrate strong knowledge of engineering standards and safety rules.

Apply sound judgement when reviewing designs, risk assessments, and technical documentation.

Contribute confidently to safe project delivery across the full lifecycle.

If you're ready for a role with real purpose and the chance to support a nationally important mission, we'd love to hear from you.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here

To learn more about NRS and the work we do, we invite you to explore our organisation by visiting Nuclear Restoration Services - GOV.UK. It's a great way to discover our mission, our people, and the impact we deliver

Please note: All successful candidates will need to provide proof of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment/education history (typically covering the last 3-5 years) in line with NRS Baseline Security requirements. Some roles may also require full Security Clearance, which involves additional checks. For details, please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) guidance.

At NRS, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We want to ensure you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application or interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.

We offer flexibility on base location for multi-site roles and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible

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